The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-12-22

also. The weary wait Of thirteen
months is bad of itself; and the new
members first impulse, after getting
into his seat, is to make capital pre-
paratory to the next falls canvass,
which seems so close at hand.
YOUNG MEN TO THE FRONT.
West Virginia is noted among 9th
er things for its disposition to send its
Young men to the front. Charles
James Faulkner, the new Senator
from that State, who was sworn IN
last Wednesday il the youngest meFl-
Der OF the Senate, and with the eE-
ccption Of John Ke5sna, West Virgin
las other Senator, Is with but one eN-
cept;on .he youngest man who ever
tool the oath OF Cffice as q Senator.
There is only difference Of six
mon tbs in tAe lg- ot he TWO West
Virginia Senators, and fone were not
the youngest member, lie Other would
De. Both are 10 It 5 interesting TO
note also that the pair o. Senators
fron the mother State, Virginia :
/. Daniel and Riddleberger next
to the West Virginia Senator'S the
youngest in the body, with the except
ion only Of Mr.. Spooner, Of Wisconsin.
Mr. Barbour, Who will succeed Rid
dleberger in the next Congress, will
celebrate his 67th birthday to morrow.
THE CARLISLE CONTEST.
The Thoebe Carlisle case will not
be settled in committee until after the
holidays. As the case now stands,
there is only a question of law involv
ed, which can be settled OH its merits,
and requires no testimony. Most ot
the members Of the committee have
read tie papers presented by Mr.
Thoebe, and Il remaiLs for them only
to consult authorities as TO the law.
This, they will probably he inclined
to postpone until the holiday recess,
as convenient time to get into their
law libraries to read up the law.
Il seen1s pro able now that he t6-
pub3ican5 viii a~- make any SORT cf 4
party =. in he ezse il Is believed
tha ase II rae Republican members
Of the cgmmi.taz havs5 after reading
Mr., Ihec3e' presentation ct tae case,
came 10 the conclusion thai the ques-
tion oI lag presented Is clearly such IS
to make no contest Warraltabie. Il
is likely that the report Of the com
mittee viii be unanimously favorable
to Mr. Carlisle.
sALMAGUNDI sAUERkRAUT.
Miss Annie ". Lockwood, of North
Carolina has been promoted from 2
$500 to d $500 clerkship in the third
auditors office, Treasury department.
JudgeDan-L. Russell, Of Wilmlng-
ten, is in Washington, stopping at the
Ebbitt, where he and Brer Nichols
are industriously engaged in plotting
against the whites.
The President has appointed Gen.
Lamar to the Supreme Court bench,
Postmaster General Villas to be Secre-
tary of the Interior and Don M. Dick
iDson to be Postmaster General.
Bills were introduced in the Senate
to-day by Mr.. Ransom providing for a
public building at Asheville, N. c., to
cost $150,0O0, and by Mr.. Vance for
building at Charlotte to cost $780,
900.
Senator Ransom and ex-Congress-
man Waddell were in the House lob
by the other day, engaged in conver-
sation, when member wheeled
around and exclaimed: "I wish you
would cease talking; [ want to hear
everything that is going on in this
HoUse!' Ransom looked at him for
moment and remarked, "Well, he
must be a very new memDer.'
"Why?" q bystander enquired. "Be-
canse an old member does not care to
hear what is going on il the House,
replied Ransom.
The following storekeepers and
gaugers have been appointed for North
Carolina: David H. Reaves, Archer
Lodge; 2. L. Miller, Hickory; J. G..
Lynch, Haystack H R Berrier, Lex
ington; w r Grouse, Carpenters ?
O; Calvin NJ Carlton, Goshen Jas
R Dancey, Miller's Creek; Jas w
Felts and VIM II Foster, Wilkesboro;
Jno Z Norman, Conrads; Jno E
Phillips, Boomer; Jno W Pass, Til
den Jno D Phillips, Mana; Caswell
Smith, Wilkesboro; Jno NJ Staley
DeliapIane; Richard A Strond, Coun-
ty Line, and Daniel L Williams
Pennington. LLEwXAM.